Yesterday, T-Mobile announced that they would be acquiring Sprint in an all stock deal.  Sprint would be valued at $26.5B. The stated objective is to create a large enough company to have the critical mass needed for a nationwide 5G wireless rollout. The agreement would leave just three major wireless carriers in the United States […]

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Looking to purchase Tellabs Titan 5500 boards 815543A-ST, 815543A-SC or even 815543A-FC. They may also be known as 81.5543A-ST, 81.5543A-SC or 81.5543A-FC. The Titan 5500 is a high density Digital Cross Connect System, sometimes called a DACS. Many of Tellabs’ optical networking assets were integrated into Coriant, and then Infinera.  So these circuit boards may […]

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Earth Day is this coming Sunday, April 22, 2018.  What can telecommunication service providers do for Earth Day? Service providers regularly decommission equipment from their network. Much of this equipment is currently scrapped. However, another service provider may find that same equipment to be valuable in their network. Our role is to facilitate the transfer […]

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Looking for 739B5 and 739C5.  The 739B5, HECI SNRT7E0 (and multiple Comcodes) is a FT-2000 OC-48 Transmitter.  The 739C5, HECI SNRT700 (and multiple Comcodes) is also a FT-2000 Transmitter. The 739B5 and 739C5 are part of the FT-2000 OC-48 Lightwave System, an ADR Multiplexer.  The system can support BLSR or UPSR SONET ring protection.  The […]

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Rogers Communications today announced that they will be partnering with Ericsson in 5G testing and deployment.  Rogers announced a multi-year network plan working with Ericsson. “We are at the advent of the fifth generation of wireless networks. Similar to how 4G powered the proliferation of the smartphone and on demand economy, 5G will make the […]

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Communications infrastructure solutions provider Zayo will be expanding their dark fibre infrastructure in Montreal, Quebec.   A global cloud provider has selected Zayo for a high-capacity dark fibre ring in the Montreal metro area. Zayo will extend its existing dense network in Montreal, building a 60-km ring for the anchor tenant along the South Shore, the […]

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TruePulse is searching for Nortel NT8E02CC and NT8E01DC circuit boards.  These boards are part of the Nortel Classic OC-48 platform, a SONET OC-48 DWDM system.  You may also be familiar with it as FDN2400, or S/DMS TransportNode, or Optera system. The NT8E02CC, HECI SNTRPDH, is an OC-48 extended long reach narrowband receive interface. The NT8E01DC, […]

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According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, worldwide telecom capex is forecast to rise 2017 through 2020.  Significant increases are expected at AT&T, Sprint, Megafon, Orange, Etisalat, and Deutsche Telekom. “After three consecutive years of declining capex, short-term and near-term market expectations have shifted up,” said Stefan Pongratz, Senior Director at Dell’Oro Group. […]

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TruePulse is looking for Lucent, or Alcatel-Lucent, or Nokia LNW59 for purchase. LNW59, HECI SOUIBNE, OC-192 OLIU is a two-port, high-speed VLF Main circuit pack used in the 1665 DMX Metropolis Access Multiplexor. Also searching for other 1665 DMX parts including: LNW82 SOUIAW3, OC-48 Multi-Rate Optical Circuit Interface; LNW84 SOUIAW4, OC-48 Multi-Rate Optical Circuit Interface; […]

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